Ontogenetic Development of Weberian Ossicles and Hearing Abilities in the African Bullhead Catfish

BACKGROUND: The Weberian apparatus of otophysine fishes facilitates sound transmission from the swimbladder to the inner ear to increase hearing sensitivity. It has been of great interest to biologists since the 19(th) century. No studies, however, are available on the development of the Weberian os...

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Autores principales: Lechner, Walter, Heiss, Egon, Schwaha, Thomas, Glösmann, Martin, Ladich, Friedrich
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2011
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018511

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3075255/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21533262
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0018511

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